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Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: VCs Are Not Always Right

ReadWriteStart

Today James Hickey from San Diego, California, pitched Parallel6 , a company that does social media marketing services for brands and also has a white label mobile app that can be customized and branded for their clients' mobile and social marketing needs. Misty Denson from Portland, Oregon, presented NameYourRentNow.com.

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[Event] FOCUS100

YoungUpstarts

As the issue of diversity in the workplace continue to rage in the business world, recent startling news that African-Americans and Latinos account for just around 1-4% of the global workforces of several major tech corporations shows the harsh reality and the immediate need to rectify the imbalance.

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Q3 2022 Portfolio in Review

Version One Ventures

As Brennan and Aaron wrote in the announcement …“T his new round of funding brings us one step closer to our goal of radically scaling unified climate action across the global economy.”. Booster rolled out a fleet of its mobile fueling trucks to three new cities : Portland, Ore., You can read more about the changes here.

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Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs Dedicated To Steve Jobs, Reinforcing Mission To Restructure Capitalism

ReadWriteStart

Sramana Mitra is the founder of the One Million by One Million (1M/1M) initiative, an educational, business development and incubation program that aims to help one million entrepreneurs globally to reach $1 million in revenue and beyond. on a global scale. She is a Silicon Valley entrepreneur and strategy consultant. Wealth Gathering.

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"Smell Like a Man" Agency Partners With Nike, Target & Coke on Tech Incubator

ReadWriteStart

Wieden+Kennedy, the advertising agency that made the absurdly popular Old Spice campaign on TV and the web called "Smell Like a Man" announced today that it is now accepting applications from brand-friendly tech startups for admission to its incubator program, the Portland Incubator Experiment (PIE).

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The best nonprofit events board members should know about this year

Board Effect

Community engagement ideas: Board members are always looking for ways to engage with their communities, mobilize volunteers, and address their community’s unique needs. This year’s hybrid conference will take place in Portland, Oregon. Events are a good place to learn more about community engagement initiatives.

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10 Best Cities in the United States for Startups and Entrepreneurs (2018)

crowdSPRING Blog

Laura González-Estéfani, Director of Partnerships & Mobile LatAm for Facebook, says : There is talent, there is support from the institutions and private initiatives that are focused on boosting innovation, and there is an incremental interest from VCs and business angels for innovative projects. Portland, OR. Minneapolis, MN.